Individual antics
As a baby, John Myers Jr. was known to have the ability to do this before he could even walk.
What is climb out of his crib
A musical family gathering in Kingston, the name includes the word for a sweet preserve!
What is the Jamboree?
Two people have names that are after their Grandmother
Who is: Mary Adelaide or Tess Rose
(and maybe others I couldn't think of)
What year were John and Harriette born?
What is 1938?
In the Sault, this school still stands but is now Algoma University, this is also the residential school our Grampa Essaunce attended
What is Shingwauk Residential School?
A nick-name given to Heather by her Great Grampa Essaunce?
What is squeaky?
The summer of love brought the Essaunce family reunion together in what town?
What is Madoc?
A name most misspelled because of an absent silent letter
Ronda (so commonly spelled Rhonda)
Name the two sets of siblings who are born within 11 months of each other?
Who are Lisa/Mary and Lorrie/John
Many a drive on Sunday morning up highway 10 brought us to the best breakfast destination.
What is Flap Jacks?
The flattened dead animal that Lisa and Mary put in the mailbox.
What is a garter snake?
This gathering started with skinny dipping in Georgian Bay?
What is the cousins' gathering?
Named after their father but commonly called by another fair-weather name.
Who is Uncle Sonny?
These two people owned cats with the same name and that name referenced a Russian mystic
Who are Shannon and Lisa and the cats' name was Rasputin.
Essaunce/Assance/Aissance translate in Ojibwemowin to the small version of what part of an aquatic animal?
What is little shell?
This unsuspecting individual was tossed into Georgian Bay by troublemakers.
Who is Gail?
This athletic track and field event was attempted by Grampa Essaunce at the 1969 family reunion.
What is the long jump?
Two ponies described their looks and one was named after a kind of green
Who were Blackie, Handsome and Kelly?
Cooking schools were key parts of both these people's education
Who are Shannon and Lisa?
This nickname suggests characteristics that might be hard to hear, Grampa Essaunce made this one up
What is Yacky?
She was famous around town for having a rundown car and one day she drove so fast around the corner in Sudbury that her car door flew off.
Who is Aunt Norma?
This gathering took place on an island and where Shelley made a cake in the shape of said island?
What is the Assance Family reunion?
Our Grampa Essaunce's mother's name?
Who is Mary?
Give me 40 acres and they'll turn their rigs around, both drove/drive large vehicles for a living
Who are: Gail and Dad?
This term is one Dad would claim when he denied smoking
What is smoldering